Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-10-22
SHASTA COUNTY.
A Bundle of Interesting News Items from
the Upper Valley.


REDpING Shasta county, October GOTH
EDS. REcoRD-UNIoN Our county may
well be congratulated on the class of immi-
grants that are arriving, for the purpose of
| locating within its borders men of energy
and intelligence who have recognized the
truth of the old saying, that " union is
strength" and have therefore combined to-
gether and formed kind of mutual benefit
association, of which Mr.. Myre is Presi-
dent. Ii is composed of Germans, princi-
pally farmers, and no. member is expected
TO be worth less than 81 900 nor more than
$4,000, nor can they own more than 100
acres each of land, and that they are bound
to improve and cultivate to the best of
their ability. They are a very intelligent
class of men and nearly all are naturalized
citizens. About fifty of them are from Los
Angeles and other southern counties. They
are now on the ground, and about forty
more are on their way from the East.
Mr.. Myre, for the past two years, has
been travelling in this State, Oregon, Wash
ington Territory and Nevada, seeking q
good location for his colony About year
ago he visited Hat Greek. Burney and Fall
River valleys, and al the end of his travels
decided tbat, TOR soil, climate and water
privileges, no better region could be found
for his colony. Hat Creek valley, where
the first division has now commenced or
eratiOns. is aoGat sixty miles from here,
and the United States Hatchery is located
there. The creek from which it takes its
name is an important tributary of Pit
river, and supplies q large volume of water,
is not subject to overflow, and does not di-
minish its volume in the driest season.
They have filed on 500 inches of water from
that creek, to irrigate their lands living be-
tween that and Burney creek, each member
paying his pro rata of expenses Some of
their lands lie in Burney valley, and more
are expected next year to settle in Fall
River valley. 1t is expected that in year
from now the whole colony will consist of
at least one hundred families
Another enterprise worthy of note is also
under good Roadway, which will give en-
ployment to many, and convert thousands
of acres of sugar pine into merchantahle
commodity Holbrook q Phelps tried it
last year, but their means were inadequate,
and they found the enterprise too vast for
| them to handle alone.
The Shasta County Lumber Company is
now formed, of which Mr.. Enright, of San
| Jose, is President, and the aboye-named
gentleman the Superintendent. Round
Mountain, about thirty miles from this
city, is the scene of their operations. They
| have one immense mill, at which they are
now working sixty men, besides forty
others on their tlume, which when COM
pieted Will be nearly twenty-eight miles in
| length, and end at Cow creek, from which
| a railroad or tramway is to be built to
| point on the railroad. They built one
mile of fiume last week. More mills are to
be built, also sash and door factory, and
at last the vast timber resources of Round
| Mountain will no doubt be successfully
handled.
Our mines also are panning out in
manner that satisfies their owners; the
group of claims on Squaw creek owned bv
| Carson & Snyder were sold to Joshua
Hendy, of San Francisco. and w. Il.
Sonant, OF Redding, for $4,000. Only one
claim, the Snyder, has been developed, and
that alone is worth double the amount, but
the owners were poor and it required CAPT
! tai TO develop their property. SO thew
| sold and are off again prospecting No
doubt in the near future we shall hear
from them with another good strike.
and ready 10 sell again. They are Just the
! right kind of men to open up a mining
country, and there is plenty of good ore
/ lying around between here and the Trinity
mountains.
! The Lost Confidence Mine on Iron Noun
tain, seven miles from Shasta, under the
management of William Sallee is again
| coming to the front, as four bars OF silver
| bullion valued al $1,000, were shipped
| from il last week to San Francisco
Our City Trustees have elected Hon C. c.
Bush as President, fixed the bonds of
| Marshal and Treasurer at s. coo each, and
clerk at 81 600; elected City Attorney,
aud invited bids for city printing. The
new ordinances will be promulgated No
vemher LIST.
There is some talk of building a saw
mill on the McCloud river. If 1t should
come to pass it is hoped that they will not
be allowed 10 dump their sawdust into that
beautiful stream and destroy the fish.
The coal deposits of Round mountain
have been examined by a. Il. Weber, of
the State Mining Bureau
The real estate market is still active, and
sales are getting so common that they do
moi appear worth repeating
Parties visiting this section should, be-
fore they leave the cars. take q glimpse to
| the west as far as the top of the ridge,
where they will SEE the splendid new resi-
| dences OF Messrs. Deakyn and BcStwick,
| while Just below them is the Del Monte
| Hotel and DR.. Stevenson's Office and resi-
dence, fair samples OF. the enterprise and
| thrift Of orr city. J. W. NJ.